Movement as Medicine

What if there was a single prescription that could improve your mood, strengthen your bones and muscles, enhance your sleep quality, give you more energy, make you live longer and help to prevent disease?  

Movement is such a powerful medicine, we named our company after it.  

Experts in Movement

​Our team are trained to help prescribe the right type of movement to suit your needs.  We borrow the best bits from a variety of exercise disciplines, including olympic lifting, pilates, gymnastics, yoga, as well as more traditional weight training. 

​We combine movement with hands-on therapy for the best results.

Treat the symptoms and the cause

​Most people seek treatment when they are in pain and want relief.  However, just treating the painful area doesn’t always address the underlying cause, and the symptoms may be caused by a problem elsewhere. Is a stiff ankle contributing to your knee pain? Or could your neck pain be related to your computer set up at work?

​Our longer appointment times allow for an in-depth assessment, which helps to get you back up and running faster.

Holism

​The human body is complicated and can be affected by many different things.  Exercise has an incredible amount of well-established benefits, but it can be tough to start moving if you’re sleep deprived, under nourished or feeling stressed.  This is why we use a holistic approach with our clients, to come up with the right solution for your needs.

​We set clear goals from the first session, so we’re on the same page and heading in the right direction from the start.

What makes TMC different?

Everything at your Fingertips
Located within the EIT Institute of Sport & Health we have the most well-equipped rehabilitation clinic in Hawke’s Bay, including:

• Sport & Health Clinic rehab gym
• Royston Health and Fitness gym
• Sport Performance gym
• 45m indoor running track
• Indoor courts for basketball, volleyball, netball, badminton and football

Power by numbers
Hawke’s Bay is lucky to have an awesome network of health professionals, and we are proud to share a clinic with some of the best. These relationships allow us to work together and give the best quality of care to you. We can refer you directly to the right people whether it be sports medicine, podiatry, dietetics or lifestyle medicine.

Technology 
Here at The Movement Co. we have access to some state-of-the-art, fancy-pants equipment to assist in getting you back on your feet faster. 

Alter-G Treadmill
This ‘Anti Gravity’ treadmill uses NASA technology to make it feel like you’re running in space!  This treadmill is one of only a handful in NZ, and is the only one in Hawke’s Bay. 

The Alter-G is the perfect rehab tool for anyone who is recovering from a leg injury, as it allows a gradual return to full weight-bearing, walking and running.
This treadmill is suitable for everyone in the Hawke’s Bay community,  you don’t have to be a high level athlete to use it. A great addition to treatment for people who have had lower limb surgery, fractures, tendon or muscle strains, and are starting to walk or run again. The Alter-G can also be helpful in neurological conditions, such as a stroke, that have affected your mobility.

The Alter-G treadmill is owned by the HBCFCT and operated by our Physios at The Movement Co.  Give us a call to find out more.

NormaTec Compression 
The NormaTec Recovery System is the Rolls-Royce of compression technology.  If it’s good enough for LeBron, it’s good enough for our patients too!

NormaTec uses graded compression technology to decrease swelling and pain. It can be used to help with injury, after surgery or to help recover from a big race or tournament. 

Compex
When you want to contract a muscle, your brain sends an electrical signal via nerves to the muscle fibres, which makes them contract.  Some injuries can disrupt this electrical signal. 

The Compex can help with muscle function, and also to help manage pain.